Starkeys named cooperator of decade
GALENA, Md. — Last month, the Kent Soil and Water Conservation District honored Brennan Starkey and his family’s farm operation as its Cooperator of the Decade, for years of effort in controlling soil erosion and nutrient loss from fields. But, like most farms...
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Starkeys named cooperator of decade
GALENA, Md. — Last month, the Kent Soil and Water Conservation District honored Brennan Starkey and his family’s farm operation as its Cooperator of the Decade, for years of effort in controlling soil erosion and nutrient loss from fields. But, like most farms...
read moreHotchkiss calls end to tenure at Delmarva Farmer
EASTON, Md. — Bruce W. Hotchkiss, founding editor of The Delmarva Farmer, has retired after 40 years at the weekly agricultural newspaper. Hotchkiss — who lives in Easton and is approaching 90 years of age in October — has been under medical care and treatment...
read moreTalk of markets, weather dominates pumpkin meeting in Southwest Va.
GLADESBORO, Va. — It was a good-news, bad-news-type of meeting for Virginia pumpkin growers at a Sept. 9 field day. Their market and crop quality is strong this year but heavy rains from Hurricane Florence could severely hamper harvesting. “We are blessed in...
read moreMills urges farmers to stick together for industry
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Farmers need to stand together to survive, Robert Mills, the 2017 Southeastern Farmer of the Year and president of the Virginia Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services, said during the 2018 Kentland Farm Field Day here Sept. 12. Mills, who...
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